As 19-year-old Srishti Goswami assumed the role of Uttarakhand’s Chief
Minister for a day, she made noteworthy statements saying issues related to
women’s safety and children should be the top priority of all governments, PTI
reported.

“After all we are still talking about women’s safety. That means
the sense of insecurity among women persists and we must address it further to
improve the situation,” said a beaming Goswami who was full of excitement
after chairing a session with members of Children’s Assembly as the one-day CM.

Goswami was given this opportunity to mark the National Girl Child Day,
celebrated on January 24, 2021.

The one-day CM made several recommendations to the state government as
to how they should proceed to ensure women’s safety.

“I have made some important suggestions to the state government on
women safety, children’s issues and the problem of migration from the 
hill areas which will be submitted to the Chief Minister through Uttarakhand
Commission for Protection of Child Rights,” she said.

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To spell a few, she requested the Director General of Police (DGP) to
devise ways to curb eve-teasing so that young girls feel safer as they commute
from schools or colleges. She also sought a total ban on the sale of all types
of intoxicants within a radius of 500 metres around educational institutes.

 “Children are the future of our nation and issues related to
them deserve to be addressed on priority,” Srishti who is doing her graduation
in agriculture said.

Her experience reminded her of the yesteryear flick ‘Nayak’.

“Nayak was reel life. But my experience was real. It gave me the
goosebumps,” she said and thanked Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya
and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat for giving her the opportunity.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the event was
a way of honouring the girls of the state which can help them find an identity
of their own.

“Children are our future leaders. Such exercises can make them
aware of contemporary issues and legislative business to some extent to enable
them to drive the nation in the right direction,” Rawat said.

 Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to give Children’s
Assembly an opportunity to witness workings of the government first hand.